Hessian Fly
Mustapha El-Bouhssini (MS ’86, PhD ’92) Aleppo, Syria, is a global authority on plant resistance to insects in grains and has worked to develop crop varieties resistant to several important arthropod pests.
He recently received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Branch of the Entomological Society of America for significant contributions to entomological research.
El-Bouhssini serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Entomology. This position has helped initiate collaborative projects between K-State and ICARDA on Hessian fly genetics and resistance in barley to the Russian wheat aphid.
From the KSU AgReport Spring 2015
Leave a Reply